A Serious Business

Historical marker location:

17171 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Southern Planter Lane south of Tutt Lane (Virginia Route 740), on the left when traveling north.)

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.